02791oam 2200433z- 450 991016266630332120161028084701.01-68144-286-8(CKB)3710000001044389(EXLCZ)99371000000104438920190630c2017uuuu -u- -engur|||||||||||Acid test /Elmer Mendoza. ; translated from the Spanish by Mark FriedMacLehose Press1-68144-289-2 "When the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo, a well-known stripper, is found by the side of a dusty road, detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra had no shortage of ardent, deluded, and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty himself is haunted by one steamy night he spent in her generous company. So begins an investigation that will bring him ever closer to the murderous world of the narcos, who are waging a war of bloody attrition against the Mexican state. The country is a powder keg, waiting for a spark, and Mendieta is about to enter the darkest days of his life. Corrupt politicians, failed boxers, and unscrupulous arms dealers all lie in wait along the path to justice. But none of this can prepare him for his run-in with the F.B.I., when the father of the President of the United States is attacked while on vacation in Mexico. For all these perils it is the weight of his own murky past that Lefty finds hardest to bear. And as he scratches around for clues, faced with a gallery of suspects who all have a motive and none of whom is a stranger to the dark arts of murder, the reappearance of Samantha Valdés, now the boss of the Cartel del Pacífico, adds one more jagged piece to an already unsolvable puzzle"--Provided by publisher."Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering noir from the Godfather of Mexican Narco-lit"--Provided by publisher.DetectivesMexicoFictionStripteasersDeathFictionMurderInvestigationFictionNarco-terrorismFictionWomen drug dealersFictionFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police ProceduralbisacshMexicoFictionNoir fiction.gsafdDetectivesStripteasersDeathMurderInvestigationNarco-terrorismWomen drug dealersFICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural.863/.64FIC022020bisacshMendoza Elmer1249137BOOK9910162666303321Acid test2894852UNINA